Gender myths v. working realities
Subtitle: using social science to reformulate sexual harassment law
By: Theresa M. Beiner
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Sexual harassment -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Sociological aspects; Law and the social sciences -- United States
Other titles: Gender myths versus working realities
Description: "Theresa M. Beiner contrasts perspectives from social scientists on the realities of workplace sexual harassment with the current legal standard. When it comes to sexual harassment law, all too often courts (and employers) are left in the difficult position of grappling with vague legal standards and little guidance about what sexual harassment is and what can be done to stop it. Often, courts impose their own stereotyped view of how women and men "ought" to behave in the workplace. This viewpoint, social science reveals, is frequently out of sync with reality." "As a legal scholar who takes social science seriously, Beiner provides valuable insight into what behaviors people perceive as sexually harassing, why such behavior can be characterized as discrimination because of sex, and what types of workplaces are more conducive to sexually harassing behavior than others. Throughout, Beiner offers proposals for legal reform with the goal of furthering workplace equality for both men and women."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-252) and index
Table of contents: title: Making a more realistic assessment of what is sufficiently severe or pervasive to constitute sex harassment; title: The reasonable woman standard : much ado about nothing?; title: The conundrum of "unwelcome" sexual harassment; title: Conceptualizing sexual harassment as "because of sex"; title: Reality bites the Ellerth/Faragher standard for imputing liability to employers for supervisor sexual harassment; title: Making targets whole and deterring defendants; title: The new sexual harassment claim